Japanese and americans had previous conflict that led to their decision to attack pearl harbor.On a sunday morning of december 7th, 1941 japan bombed a naval base at pearl harbor near honolulu, hawaii. 2,403 American died and 1,178 were wounded since the U.S didn’t know they were coming.The japanese attacked pearl harbor because, they wanted a new order, U.S put an embargo on them and because they were losing power.

One reason for the attack on pearl harbor was wanting a new order. As stated in document A japan believed that “Japan is the fountain source of the yamato race.” japan believed that they were higher than the other countries in Asia.they wanted a new order so they can rule and they believed that old order which was europe and America, will lose their power.This caused japan to attack because in order for them to get power they would need to destroy the other countries, and show their superiority.
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Japan also believed that they wouldn't have petroleum left in 2 years and that would give the U.S even more power. This proves that japan could have attacked because they believed that the U.S was going to attack them first, become stronger and make them a 3rd world country.
Although there were probably other reasons for the japanese attack, i believe that japan bombed pearl harbor because they wanted a new system, the U.S stopped trading with them, and losing power to the U.S.It's important to understand the reasons why japan attacked pearl harbor because, it was a turning point in world war 2, the day after japanese attacked pearl harbor, the U.S declared war on